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title: Quickstart templates
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# Quickstart Gitops Templates

`Quickstart` templates are [gitops templates](https://docs.gitops.weaveworks.org/docs/gitops-templates/templates/)
that you could use to get started with Weave Gitops Enterprise. It aims to provide a basic experience to simplify
the first time you step up with us.

## Getting Started

The templates exist as helm chart in [weave-gitops-quickstart](https://github.com/weaveworks/weave-gitops-quickstart)
github repo.

To get started, just check the helm release in your weave gitops enterprise configuration repo for your management
cluster to deploy.

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```yaml
---
apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
kind: GitRepository
metadata:
  name: weave-gitops-quickstart
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  interval: 10m0s
  ref:
    branch: main
  url: https://github.com/weaveworks/weave-gitops-quickstart
---
apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2beta1
kind: HelmRelease
metadata:
  name: quickstart-templates
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  chart:
    spec:
      chart: "quickstart-templates"
      version: ">=0.1.0"
      sourceRef:
        kind: GitRepository
        name: weave-gitops-quickstart
        namespace: flux-system
  interval: 10m0s
```

</details>

Once the helm release has been successfully deployed:

![quickstart templates deployed](imgs/quickstart-templates-deployed.png)

Go to Templates to see them listed:

![quickstart templates view](imgs/quickstart-templates-view.png)

## Available Templates

- [Pipeline](../pipelines/pipeline-templates.mdx): a set of gitops template to get you started with continuous delivery pipelines.

## FAQ

### How can I contribute?

They are maintained by Weave Gitops team, just head to the [repo](https://github.com/weaveworks/weave-gitops-quickstart)
and contribute!

### I am a platform engineer, how do I use them ?

Quick start templates are expected to provide a getting started experience so you could use distribute
them within your engineering community to ramp up in the product.

It is likely that you would like to provide self-service capabilities or workflows with your own context. In that
sense, you could use them as an starting point to inspire you but it is likely that would be need to create your own
set of templates.

### I am a developer, how do I use them ?

As a developer using weave gitops, use the templates to get started with weave gitops capabilities, for example
to create a pipeline for your application. Create the resource from the template, check them in git and adapt it to meet your needs.
